Remember when I professed my love for Tokyo and all things Japanese? Of course you do – it was about... Read More
The Japanese never cease to amaze me. It seems no game show, food, or outlandish technology (see Chindogu) is ever... Read More
Now this is just wrong. WorldHum is reporting on Japan’s latest sushi crisis: … given fishing limits and international demand... Read More
If you’re a dreamy-eyed, workaday cubicle jockey chained to a desk surrounded by Dilbert cartoons, this one’s for you: Japanese... Read More
… this should put the fear of God in ya. Video of an airplane in Osaka getting struck by lightning.... Read More
Mike over at Mike’s Blender introduces us to the idea of public drunkeness in Japan: While most people in the... Read More
Photo © MikesBlender.com I love kitsch. Especially cheesy, kitschy gifts that I can share with loved ones back home. Japan... Read More
There’s something about urban (or in this case suburban) decay that’s so enchanting and mysterious to me. © SixWise With... Read More
In Osaka, Japan, Takashimaya department store employees have taken over 320,000 recycled train tickets and recreated four iconic works of... Read More
A diver works to attach a tracking device to a giant jellyfish. If I hadn’t seen this in National Geographic,... Read More
Here’s how it works: Japanese kids start a fad. Westerners then laugh at them for being ridiculous. Then we try... Read More
If you can blend into the culture, I figure, you’ll get so much more out of your trip. So how can you fit into society better when you travel to Japan? Read More
In 1899, Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the U.S. patent office, was famously quoted saying that “Everything that can be... Read More
Akashi, Japan’s Mumin Papa Café – built at a cost of $275,000 – offers this underwater restroom (or “loo” if... Read More
The Central Japan Railway Company (J R Central) plans to build a maglev train between Tokyo and Central Japan. At... Read More
I’m positively fascinated by all things Japanese, and particularly the Capsule (a.k.a. “Coffin”) hotels of Tokyo. Geobeats explains: Somewhere William... Read More
As a rather apt follow-up to this video review of Tokyo’s coffin hotels … Tokyo has joined the growing list... Read More
Were I given an entire lifetime to imagine some of the ideas seen on Japanese game shows, I’m not confident... Read More
More fetishes from the Land of the Rising Sun. The success of homoerotic romances and manga comics has fueled the... Read More
If you have a thing for trains, railroads or nubile young railroad conductors, you might want to head Japanward, and... Read More